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BENTGABLENITS and Teenage Engineering's BGN–11 Collab Transforms Speakers Into Artifacts
Summary
BENTGABLENITSandTeenage Engineeringare partnering up to unveil the first chapter of their limited collaboration: the BGN–11. Limited to 10 unique editions, these handcrafted speakers are built from reimagined 1930s metal dollhouses, offering a fascinating blend of vintage aesthetics and modern audio engineering. Each edition features a fully functional OD-11 speaker, carefully housed within a unique structure that has been meticulously stitched, wired and weathered by hand. This intricate process transforms nostalgic objects into functional works of art, bridging the past and present through sound.
This limited release is more than a fusion of audio and design—it's a physical meditation on nostalgia and storytelling. BENTGABLENITS founders Brenda Bent, Karen Gable and Angelo Nitsopoulos describe the project as a dialogue between the tactile soul of handcraft and the futuristic minimalism of Teenage Engineering's technology. 'We thought the speaker related to home,' Gable reflects, 'and home is something that we could deal with. It became about developing a home.'
Rooted in the founders' lifelong practice of collecting and reinterpreting overlooked objects, the BGN–11 exemplifies a shared ethos between both brands: reverence for the past and innovation in the present. Though divergent in aesthetics – one grounded in antique textures, the other in sleek modernism – the two brands converge through a mutual dedication to craft and narrative. 'We find beauty in things that might sound obscure,' says Nitsopoulos. 'It's this ongoing dialogue between past and present, and also memory and reinvention.'
The BGN–11 will launch on June 27 via aspecial website. This is accompanied by an immersive three-day installation at 131 Greene Street, New York City. The installation will also showcase hand-beaded vintage artist and musician T-shirts, along with other Teenage Engineering collectible editions — inviting visitors to fully engage with this unique fusion of art, sound and nostalgia.
